Šamaš Gate
wall · 720 BC – 2100 AD · location approximate
Most 7th-century B.C. Assyrian inscriptions record that Nineveh had eight south- and east-facing gates: the Šamaš Gate was the fourth of these. The Neo-Assyrian king Sennacherib constructed it and gave it the Akkadian ceremonial name Enlil-mukīn-palêya, which means "The God Enlil Is the One Who Makes My Reign Firm."
- Coordinates
- 36.33987, 43.17773
- Also known as
- Enlil Gate (en), Enlil-mukīn-palêya (akk), abul Igīgī ša Šamaš (akk), abul Šamaš (akk)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)